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Resident Dina Hayes warns Tanasca power plant and Valley Link towers could transform Fluvanna County landscape and health risks
Summary
At a Fluvanna County Planning Commission meeting, resident Dina Hayes warned that the proposed Tanasca power plant and Valley Link transmission towers could have lasting air, water and landscape impacts; supporters and skeptics spoke during two rounds of public comment. The commission noted the related cases are scheduled before the Board of Supervisors on March 18.
Dina Hayes, a resident of 10 Barefoot Lane in Lake Monaceel, told the Fluvanna County Planning Commission that the proposed Tanasca power plant and the Valley Link high‑voltage transmission towers form "a chain of industrial infrastructures" that could "permanently change our community." Hayes said she was concerned about pollution, long‑term health risks to children and seniors, and the visual and habitat damage that long transmission corridors would require.
"Once a plant like this is built, the emissions don't go away. They become part of the environment that we live in forever," Hayes said, adding that an approved plant would require "enormous amounts of…
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